The Hurricane Season is expected to be an active and very dangerous one . . . starting right now with Hurricane Florence. As we did last year after Hurricane Harvey, we’re assembling Clean-Up Buckets and Hygiene Kits for distribution in areas affected by Florence and the storms that follow.​​

So many of us wish there was something we could actually do or give directly to those suffering from the devastation of natural disasters. Well, there is.

On Saturday, September 29th, we'll be putting together Clean-up Buckets and Hygiene Kits to be distributed by Church World Service.* They have provided us with a list of exactly what is needed in these buckets and kits. The list is below.

Three ways you can help:

Shop for items on the Clean-Up Bucket list and bring them to the Friendship Hall at the Bridgewater Congregational Church any time on any day from now through September 29th. You can just leave them inside the parking lot door.

Shop for and make up the complete Hygiene Kit as described below. Bring it to the church anytime through September 29th.

Join us on Saturday, September 29th, between 10:00 and 12 noon, to assemble the Clean-Up Buckets.

​All items can be delivered to the Friendship Hall at the Bridgewater Congregational Church anytime and any day through September 29th. Or bring them with you to the Assembly Line gathering!

If you're not able to shop for the bucket contents or come by to join the assembly line, we'd love financial help so that we can purchase bucket items we're short on or supplies to make up even more buckets.

If you prefer to donate by check, please make it payable to the Bridgewater Congregational Church. Write Hurricane in the memo line. You can bring your check/cash to the office (slip under the door if no one's here) or mail checks to us at PO Box 7, Bridgewater, CT 06752. An alternative is to call the office (860-354-8283) and donate to us by credit card over the phone.

Here’s the Community Spirit Part!

Join your friends and neighbors at the Friendship Hall on Saturday, September 29th, between 10:00–12:00 noon for our bucket-filling assembly line! Bring your kids . . . it’s a great way for

them to help, too! We’ll have everything sorted into boxes so you can carry a bucket around

and fill it up assembly line style. We'll provide coffee and lemonade and cookies and lots of camaraderie!

Shopping List for Clean-Up Buckets

You don’t have to donate a whole bucket’s worth of supplies. Any items on the list

that you can contribute will be a huge help. We’ll collect them and have a “bucket

brigade” to assemble full buckets on Saturday, September 29th, from 10:00-12:00

noon.

One five-gallon bucket with resealable lid

Four scouring pads

Seven sponges, including one large

One scrub brush

Eighteen reusable cleaning wipes (Handi Wipes, Easy Wipes)

One 50 oz. or two 25 oz. bottle(s) of liquid laundry detergent

One 16-28 oz. bottle of liquid disinfectant dish soap

One 12-16 oz. bottle of household cleaner that can be mixed with water (no spray bottles)

These photos are from Hurricane Harvey, August 25th, 2018. Sadly, we'll be updating them with Hurricane Florence pictures . . .

* Church World Service's work began in 1946, in the aftermath of the Second World War, with a mission to feed the hungry and help those in need. CWS is an inter-denominational, faith-based organization transforming communities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster. They are positioned around the world with relief supplies and aid and are among the first responders in a disaster. Please visit their website and learn more about their vital work!